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MARC 21 Concise Bibliographic: Series Statement Fields (4XX)

Fields 440 and 490 contain series statements. Field 440 also provides an added entry for
the
series. A series statement is recorded in field 490 when either it is given no added entry in the
record
(an untraced series) or is given an added entry in a form that differs from the series statement
appearing on the item. One of fields 800-830 (Series added entries) is used in conjunction with
field
490 when the series is to be traced differently.

The parentheses that customarily enclose a series statement and the tracing
Series., preceded by
a roman numeral, in some displays for field 440 are not carried in the MARC record. They
may be
generated based on the field tag.

Information for Translators and Other Users
Items highlighted in red indicate changes made after
the 2003 edition of the MARC 21 Concise Formats was published and are
included
in the 2004 printed edition
of the MARC 21 Concise Formats.